EMI confirms Roxette’s Prom tour dates

Written by roxeteer on September 17, 2009 to Live and Roxette.

(Updated) - As you know, Roxette is taking part in the Nokia Night of the Proms 2009 tour along with many other top artists. EMI Germany has released the full list of the NOTP concerts where Roxette will perform:

Belgium:

October 23, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
October 24, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
October 25, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
October 28, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
October 29, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
October 30, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
October 31, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
November 4, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
November 6, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
November 7, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
November 10, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis
November 11, 2009: Antwerp, Sportpaleis

The Netherlands:

November 13, 2009: Arnhem, Gelredome
November 14, 2009: Arnhem, Gelredome
November 18, 2009: Rotterdam, Ahoy
November 19, 2009: Rotterdam, Ahoy
November 20, 2009: Rotterdam, Ahoy
November 21, 2009: Rotterdam, Ahoy
November 22, 2009: Rotterdam, Ahoy

Germany:

November 27, 2009: Hamburg, Color Line Arena
November 28, 2009: Hamburg, Color Line Arena
November 29, 2009: Berlin, O2 World
December 1, 2009: Oberhausen, Arena
December 2, 2009: Mannheim, SAP Arena
December 3, 2009: Stuttgart, Schleyerhalle
December 4, 2009: Frankfurt, Festhalle
December 5, 2009: Frankfurt, Festhalle
December 6, 2009: Frankfurt, Festhalle
December 8, 2009: Erfurt, Messehalle
December 10, 2009: Munich, Olympiahalle
December 11, 2009: Munich, Olympiahalle
December 12, 2009: Munich, Olympiahalle
December 13, 2009: Munich, Olympiahalle
December 15, 2009: Bremen, AWD Dome
December 16, 2009: Hannover, TUI Arena
December 17, 2009: Hannover, TUI Arena
December 18, 2009: Cologne, Lanxessarena
December 19, 2009: Cologne, Lanxessarena
December 20, 2009: Dortmund, Westfalenhalle

Check also these videos posted to YouTube:

May 2009: Marie and Per coming to NOTP press conference, shooting promo photos
May 2009: NOTP official Roxette clip with short interview
September 2009: Per's video message in a recent press conference (thanks Pascal!)

68 comments

coyboyusa said on September 17, 2009 07:50:

i’m sorry but I realy don’t believe marie is ready to handly that heavy a concert roster, she looked lost at their last live performance and per handled most of the lead vocals...i have a bad feeling about this

so say we all

pwbbounce (moderator) said on September 17, 2009 09:08:

I hope for Roxette’s sake you’re wrong. I really don’t think that Marie would agree to do something like this if she didn’t think she’d be able to cope with it.

Keep the faith! :-)

imazombieinthem... said on September 17, 2009 09:48:

Looks grueling! I too hope Marie is up to it.

onlywhenidream said on September 17, 2009 09:53:

yeah to the O2 on 29 Nov!!!! Flights book, apartment booked, shiny tiara...yet to be booked :o(

ettexor said on September 17, 2009 09:54:

Marie is a strong woman, and before going on stage again, she waited a long time, probably now feels ready to do this tour .... and will be a success!

carbon_boy said on September 17, 2009 10:22:

38 gigs?! Thats a lot. And most of them every night.

I trust Marie feels well enough to do this, otherwise they would never have done it.

the rain said on September 17, 2009 10:25:

that’s nothing new, as we all know since May.

tevensso (moderator) said on September 17, 2009 10:31:

Rox will play 5 songs, maybe not even consecutively, I’m positive she will handle it.

rox-kuryliw said on September 17, 2009 10:56:

ooooo Bet it will sound great :-D, Shame there not gonna do CBB or Anyone with the orchestra. But look forward to hearing WICF. She will total handle it. Most are ballads so im sure she wont be jumping around and running. Hope they will be some great vid footage. : D x

Remco said on September 17, 2009 11:52:

- First I thought it was April 1st
- Then I realised that these were just the NOTP dates
- Then my heart started beating again...

I share your worries if Marie is up to it, but on the other hand I trust they are old and wise enough not to give in to any pressure to perform again. For sure they have thought long about this, and made a sensible decision. Looking forward to November 20.
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Sascha said on September 17, 2009 14:11:

Rather tight schedule, but it’s only 30 – 40 min. on stage and often a couple of dates in the same city. So they have time to relax. This is not a Michael Jackson “Sign 10, do 50” deal”. Marie knows what’s she’s up to – and she’s looking forward!

ncurran said on September 17, 2009 15:58:

Even less than that....Probably only 20-25 mins on stage in total. Also not really as much travelling as a conventional roxette european tour, as there are a lot of cities where they spend several nights in the same place, and even when they do travel it is only between a few countries. I’m sure it may be a little tiring for marie at times, as she is kind of out of practice but I think this is the ideal platform for her to perform around europe again as she doesnt have to perform for a long time, travelling is minimal and probably also there is less pressure being one of many acts (albeit as the headliner) rather than being the only performer of the night

Jud (moderator) said on September 17, 2009 16:37:

hm? but we knew about these concerts for a long time? Why does EMI confirm it now?? :S
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ncurran said on September 17, 2009 17:17:

EMI efficiency has always been top-notch :p

sportsfan said on September 17, 2009 18:36:

This looks frightening. To be honest, I share coyboys doubts. In spite of what has been written about Marie’s last performances I think she did not make the impression to feel at home at stage - far from it. I wonder why they did not embark on something rather smaller than that.

I hope she is able to handle it.

Zelda said on September 17, 2009 19:59:

Yes, many shows. But Roxette won´t sing 30 songs. I hope Marie will look a bit happier than in July!

Zelda said on September 17, 2009 20:03:

Sportsfan: Yes. Look at her face when she starts singing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Efg3NTeJZY I miss her smile!

ncurran said on September 17, 2009 21:52:

Not really a fair comparison. I wouldnt be surprised if she didnt particularly enjoy New wave, but she was basically miming on a TV show....a world away from singing live in concert. She certainly seemed to love being back on stage on Pers tour. It is Marie who wanted to do NOTP, she’s not being pushed into it. She will be absolutely fine!

Lennon said on September 17, 2009 22:20:

I don’t really like those negative prophecies about the upcoming tour, cause sometimes those prophecies are self-fullfilling, when they are repeated often enough!

Maybe all of us should notice that people change while time passes by. And people change much more when they have to go through traumatic episodes in their lifes. I do not know what happened to Marie during her illness, but I think that she might have changed not only mental but also physically.

So maybe we should not compare her to the “old” Marie, we should try to “reset” our ideas about how a Roxette-Performance should look like and just see what will happen. I’m sure that Roxette are very well prepared, but I believe that those shows might be different from those in the past.

However, as the “audience” we should support her as an artist and not share and amplify our negative prospects in those discussions. Let’s just see what happens and write our reviews after the show, not before!

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Raëlian said on September 18, 2009 00:49:

First of all, I’d like to point out that Marie has been losing her voice progressively since the middle 90’s. Nothing to do with traumatic episodes or her illness. I ignore the exact reasons, but it might have been due to age, stress, no training and so on. In other words, it’s a natural process that many other international artists have been through. It’s not being negative, but just being realistic. We have to face reality sooner or later, and get used to it.

The illness has affected her movements, but her voice issues started years earlier. Just take a listen to the Spanish versions of “It Must Have Been Love” or “Spending My Time” (recorded in 1996) and you’ll realise she’s not able to reach the same high notes as she did before. The same happened in 2001 during the RS tour, if compared with the previous CBB or even the Joyride tour. So, don’t expect these NOTP shows will be like Norrköping ’88 or something like that. I’m am sure they have prepared new arrangements that suit her voice better.

SouthernBeatBox said on September 18, 2009 01:36:

This is AWESOME! To be able to read this is basically a miracle. Woohoo! Go Roxette Go! xoxoxo

Ivanych said on September 18, 2009 03:37:

When I attended Marie’s performance at the Stjarnklart show, and then saw her coming up on stage together with Per in Stockholm and Jurmala this year, I had a real magic feeling I had had back in 1995 & 2001 during Roxette’s live gigs in Moscow and St. Petersburg. I’m glad that Marie decided to go back to her music creative life! And I’m looking forward to meeting Marie and Per in Antwerp. :-)

frisso said on September 18, 2009 03:45:

]i also worry that it is too much for marie.
But she probably know what she is doing..
I don’t think she would do this if she wasn’t up to it.
But on the other hand, she always said that she would take things easy, well i don’t think that so many concerts, is the meaning of taking it easy.
Let’s just hope for the best anyway.

Jud (moderator) said on September 18, 2009 05:10:

She knows what she is doing, so I wouldn’t worry, she’ll make it :)
Can’t wait to listen to her great voice live again. It was great in Stockholm.. *goosebumps* :)
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Kiwein1 said on September 18, 2009 07:13:

@Ivanych: I fully agree. ;-)

To all of you who worry about Marie, especially after watching the Jurmala thing: It’s obvious that she doesn’t like doing these tv shows. When she came on stage in Amsterdam and Stockholm, it felt different. She at least seemed to be relaxed, happy and strong. In Jumala she really looks a bit nervous. I guess we will see a different Marie during the NOTP. She wouldn’t have said YES to it if she hadn’t felt ready for it. Can’t we just be glad that she’s back?

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roxeteer (moderator) said on September 18, 2009 09:02:

@Judith: It may be wrong to say that EMI would’ve “confirmed” them now, but since they released the German dates as a news article a couple of days ago and the NOTP website is so difficult to browse, I thought it would be appropriate to combine all the dates as one list.

sportsfan said on September 18, 2009 11:40:

Lennon, of course a concert with Marie will look different nowadays. It’s very much obvious which is why I wonder ehy they do these TV performances in the first place. It does not make any sense to me as it seems to be a very stressful experience for Marie - apart from the very trivial fact that it is ’easy’ money (well, not so easy for Marie, to be sure!).

I very much hope that ’real’ live performances suit Marie better and that she is able to enjoy her live performances. I also hope that they made proper preparations and took into account what Marie can do and what she cannot do any more.

Sorry for being so outspoken.

RoxAnna1978 said on September 18, 2009 11:47:

The problem is, that people cannot stop concentrating on the bad things all the time, searching for mistakes, inadequacies and playing them up!
They follow every movement of Marie, instead of just watching and enjoying their performance! These things maybe wouldn’t have been even noticed...How could ANYBODY feel comfortable, knowing that the whole world is analysing your every smallest movement and-the worst-expecting a mistake-!!!! This is a big challenge for every artist, no matter if the criticism is justified or not...but I’m sure that Marie and Per can make it very good, concentrating only on the positive thoughts and nothing else!

sportsfan said on September 18, 2009 11:50:

Anna, I suppose I did not put it as clearly as I should. I am NOT concentrating on any inadequalities, and I am certainly NOT complaining about anything. I am just worrying.

pwbbounce (moderator) said on September 18, 2009 11:52:

Don’t forget that Per reads TDR and some of these comments may get back to Marie. Imagine how she is feeling with people doubting her and saying that she isn’t as good as previously.

Someone mentioned that Marie’s voice on the Room Service tour wasn’t as strong as previous tours. That may be, but I think Hotblooded (esp. the ending), Crush On You and a few others all sounded amazing. Hotblooded was a 10 year old song at the time, but you wouldn’t have thought it listening to Marie. She was amazing!

Come on guys, lay off a little bit. 2 years ago no one thought that Roxette would ever do anything again. Here we are in 2009, they will be doing close to 40 shows in a months time. It’s amazing! I just wish I could afford to go!!

Roxette is back, for how long - who knows? But, for the time being, enjoy it!

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